Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Econ., Admin. and Social Sciences | ||||
| Course Code | IR 426 | ||||
| Course Title in English | Politics of Art and Migration | ||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Politics of Art and Migration | ||||
| Language of Instruction | |||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | ||||
| Level of Course | Intermediate | ||||
| Semester | Spring | ||||
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| Estimated Student Workload | 132 hours per semester | ||||
| Number of Credits | 5 ECTS | ||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | ||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Registration Restrictions | Only Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To survey and understand artistic reflections on current refugee and migrant crises and exploring the relationship between art and politics through different theories and various artistic practices. | ||||
| Course Description | The course surveys artistic reflections on the theme of refugee and current migrant crisis. We will examine how aesthetic regimes envision, imagine and create the political via migrant politics and we will look closely at how artistic practices and migrants’ representations in the media express and trigger ethical humanistic concerns as well as alternative subjectivity formations for the art audience. We will explore theoretical approaches to work on the mutual relationship between art and politics, representation and emancipatory thinking across various artistic practices such as cinema, plastic arts, photography and mixed media installations in public performances, local and international exhibitions, online art blogs. | ||||
| Course Description in Turkish |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) Identify key theoretical issues in the field of aesthetics through the socio-political context of migration. 2) Perform interpretive, analytical and critical skills that will focus on the complex interaction between aesthetic and political theories. 3) Appraise critically and creatively about the politics of representation and the relation of art with the political related to refugees and forced migration. 4) Exhibit abilities of critical writing in independent research projects. 5) Locate and perform contemporary debates on the imagery of forced migration and humanitarian responses from an inter-disciplinary perspective. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| 1) Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | |||||
| 2) Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | |||||
| 3) Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | |||||
| 4) Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | |||||
| 5) Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | |||||
| 6) Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | |||||
| 7) Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | |||||
| 8) Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | |||||
| 9) Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | |||||
| 10) Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | H | Project |
| 2) | Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | S | Participation |
| 3) | Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | N | |
| 4) | Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | S | Participation |
| 5) | Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | N | |
| 6) | Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | S | Project |
| 7) | Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | H | Presentation |
| 8) | Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | N | |
| 9) | Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | S | HW |
| 10) | Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad | H | Participation |
| Prepared by and Date | BEKEN SAATÇİOĞLU , January 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | BEKEN SAATÇİOĞLU |
| Semester | Spring |
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Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Overview |
| 2) | State, citizen, refugee |
| 3) | Representation of refugee |
| 4) | Identity politics and migrant's portrayal |
| 5) | Art on victimhood I |
| 6) | Art on victimhood II |
| 7) | Spectator's perception |
| 8) | Narrations, genre and change |
| 9) | Anti-immigrant imagery of refugee |
| 10) | Citizen journalism, social media and refugee's imagery |
| 11) | Resistance and art I |
| 12) | Resistance and art II |
| 12) | The question of opposition in contemporary art |
| 13) | Art-based research design |
| Required/Recommended Readings | - Agamben, G. (1995). Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Introduction. - Arendt, H. (1951). The Origins of Totalitarianism. The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man - Wendy B. (2010). Walled States, Waning Sovereignty - Rancière, J. (2009). Emancipated Spectator. Chapter 4: The Intolerable Image. Verso. - Demos, T. J. (2013) ‘Zones of Conflict’. In The Migrant Image:The Art and Politics of Documentary during Global Crisis. Duke University Press - Orton, L.(2009). A Case Study of PhotoVoice Project. Participatory Arts with Young Refugees. Oval House Theatre. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Student work modes (independently and/or in teams). work with the outside community – geographic or industry sector. | |||||||||||||||
| Homework and Projects | Two. | |||||||||||||||
| Laboratory Work | None | |||||||||||||||
| Computer Use | None | |||||||||||||||
| Other Activities | None | |||||||||||||||
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| Course Administration |
beken.saatcioglu@mef.edu.tr 02123953678 ardab@mef.edu.tr Absences are permitted only in cases of sickness or real emergencies, for which you must provide written notification. You are allowed 2 undocumented absences throughout the semester without any penalty. If you attend all class sessions (or do not miss more than 2 sessions), you will automatically earn 10%. Active participation and keeping up with the readings are required. Students are assumed to be familiar with the university's regulations concerning academic honesty. The Oxford Dictionary defines the lack of academic honesty as plagiarism which is ‘to take and use as one's own the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another’. All of the following are considered plagiarism: turning in someone else's work as your own; copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit; failing to put a quotation in quotation marks; giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation; changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit; and copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not. Please note that plagiarism is considered as an act of ‘fraud’ in most countries and may lead to various punitive/preventive measures including, in severe cases, expulsion. Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided, however, by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed, and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source, is usually enough to prevent plagiarism. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism: YÖK Disciplinary Regulation. |
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 112 | ||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Midterm(s) | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Total Workload | 132 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 5.3 | ||||||
| ECTS | 5 | ||||||